Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The foreign ministers of the 5+5 Dialogue Group have welcomed the political changes that took place since the beginning of 2011, especially along the southern shore of the Mediterranean, as well as the democratic reforms in the sub-region
©- - 17 april 2013 - 12:20:32 - thread União Africana (152 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Quoting a study by the Mauritius Institute of Health in collaboration with private health institutions in March/April 2011, the Mauritian Health Minister, Lormus Bundhoo, told Parliament Tuesday that the rate of caesarian section was around 43
©- - 16 april 2013 - 18:10:47 - thread União Africana (148 words)


Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) Tuesday made available a little over 1 million Euros, through the Smartfish Programme, to reinforce the existing efforts in joint fisheries surveillance in the Indian Ocean and Lake Victoria in Africa, PANA reported from here
©- - 16 april 2013 - 17:57:14 - thread União Africana (290 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At their meeting Monday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, representatives of the African Union (AU) and the UN expressed concern over reports of continuing armed clashes and inter-communal violence in Darfur, according to a press release, received here by PANA
©- - 16 april 2013 - 17:46:43 - thread União Africana (335 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania is willing to participate in a UN-led peacekeeping mission in Mali, the French minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Fabius, disclosed this Monday at the end of his meeting with the Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
©- - 16 april 2013 - 14:39:10 - thread União Africana (222 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday’s exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currencies Buying Selling Euro 390
©- - 16 april 2013 - 13:09:27 - thread União Africana (125 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 16 april 2013 - 11:24:11 - thread União Africana (116 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The fourth meeting of parliamentarians from countries of the Western basin of the Mediterranean Sea, called Group 5+5, kicked off Monday in Nouakchott, Mauritania, PANA reported here
©- - 15 april 2013 - 14:41:16 - thread União Africana (112 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the African Union (AU) will be the opportunity for all Africans to take stock of what the continent has achieved, where it stands and what its goals are for the next half century, AU Commission Chairperson, Dr
©- - 15 april 2013 - 13:24:39 - thread União Africana (436 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 390
©- - 15 april 2013 - 11:35:52 - thread União Africana (124 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 15 april 2013 - 11:12:32 - thread União Africana (116 words)


Paris, France (PANA) – The French Foreign Affairs Minister, Laurent Fabius, is expected in Nouakchott Monday for a two-day visit to Mauritania during which he will hold talks with Mauritanian authorities on bilateral ties between the two countries, official sources told PANA here
©- - 13 april 2013 - 14:13:43 - thread União Africana (277 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Italian government is to provide food aid worth 200,000 euros to Malian refugees at the M’Beri camp in East Mauritania, sources at the World Food Programme (WFP) office in Mauritania disclosed on Friday
©- - 12 april 2013 - 13:05:43 - thread União Africana (152 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 31
©- - 12 april 2013 - 11:53:39 - thread União Africana (116 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 88
©- - 11 april 2013 - 11:45:18 - thread União Africana (136 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has granted Mauritania 6 million Euros to enable the African country further develop its transport sector, official sources told PANA here Wednesday
©- - 10 april 2013 - 17:00:36 - thread União Africana (120 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has condemned the killing of five UN peacekeepers and a number of civilians in an ambush by unknown gunmen in South Sudan, describing it as a cowardly attack
©- - 10 april 2013 - 11:34:45 - thread União Africana (186 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 388
©- - 10 april 2013 - 11:14:46 - thread União Africana (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 386
©- - 09 april 2013 - 15:22:22 - thread União Africana (134 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 09 april 2013 - 15:12:21 - thread União Africana (118 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The first batch of a dozen human rights observers has been deployed in Mali in line with a decision by the African Union Peace and Security Council and ECOWAS to deploy some 50 observers under the banner the International Support Mission for Mali (AFISMA), official sources told PANA here Tuesday
©- - 09 april 2013 - 14:17:11 - thread União Africana (162 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Twelve African Heads of State and two former Presidents were among dignitaries who witnessed Tuesday's inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta as the fourth President of Kenya, signalling a new dawn for a country that was nearly torn apart by post-election violence in 2007/2008 They included Presidents Yoweri Museveni (Uganda); Jakaya Kikwete (Tanzania); Salva Kiir (South Sudan); Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Somalia); Jacob Zuma (South Africa); Ali Bongo (Gabon); Goodluck Jonathan (Nigeria) and Joseph Kabila (Democratic Republic of Congo)
©- - 09 april 2013 - 13:06:16 - thread União Africana (458 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and his predecessor, Benjamin Mkapa, Tuesday joined international dignitaries at Kenya’s historic inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi
©- - 09 april 2013 - 08:28:53 - thread União Africana (126 words)


Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan is among the African leaders who will witness Tuesday's (9April) inauguration of Mr
©- - 09 april 2013 - 07:11:57 - thread União Africana (99 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The year-long 50th anniversary celebrations of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU), were flagged off here Monday by Dr
©- - 08 april 2013 - 18:45:08 - thread União Africana (382 words)


Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) - A five-day Regional Meeting on HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care in Prisons in sub-Saharan Africa opened Monday in Flic-en-Flac, western Mauritius, PANA reported from here
©- - 08 april 2013 - 17:34:19 - thread União Africana (409 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Some 30 demonstrators on Monday demanded the resignation of the Mauritian government, especially the Public Infrastructure minister, Anil Bachoo, following last weeks’ floods which claimed the lives of 11 people in Port Louis
©- - 08 april 2013 - 17:05:44 - thread União Africana (107 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 08 april 2013 - 16:56:19 - thread União Africana (117 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 381
©- - 08 april 2013 - 12:54:19 - thread União Africana (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Mauritanian ouguiya against some foreign currencies issued on Sunday by the Mauritanian Central Bank
©- - 07 april 2013 - 14:50:16 - thread União Africana (154 words)


Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) – The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) has launched three surveys in a bid to strengthen public policies and coordinate civil security, draft exceptional emergency procedures and improve the management of natural risks in the south-west islands of the Indian Ocean, official sources told PANA on Friday
©- - 05 april 2013 - 21:59:34 - thread União Africana (364 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Mauritania has called for "fresh dialogue" between the Administration, political parties and civil society organizations towards the organisation of free, fair, inclusive and credible elections
©- - 05 april 2013 - 20:21:33 - thread União Africana (162 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 30
©- - 05 april 2013 - 14:11:32 - thread União Africana (118 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currencies Buying Selling Euro 383
©- - 04 april 2013 - 13:57:57 - thread União Africana (123 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Democratic Opposition Coordination (COD), an umbrella body of Mauritanian opposition political parties, has demanded an assurance of transparent and credible polls before deciding whether or not to participate in legislative and local elections slated for October
©- - 04 april 2013 - 13:18:17 - thread União Africana (131 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has summoned African foreign ministers to an emergency session to discuss the preparations for the 50th anniversary celebrations and its four-year industrialisation plan
©- - 04 april 2013 - 12:19:48 - thread União Africana (301 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Several hundred people, mostly women and girls of all ages from civil society and other groups, demonstrated on Wednesday in Nouakchott to denounce the recurrent violence against women
©- - 03 april 2013 - 20:57:31 - thread União Africana (170 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 31
©- - 03 april 2013 - 11:52:52 - thread União Africana (116 words)


Paris, France (PANA) – The Special representative of the African Union (AU) in Guinea Bissau, Ovido Pequeno, on Tuesday appealed for international assistance for the country to fight drug trafficking
©- - 02 april 2013 - 20:01:26 - thread União Africana (298 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's main opposition party, the Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD), has called for an independent international probe panel to investigate alleged charges of laundering counterfeit dollars against President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, according to a statement received Tuesday by PANA
©- - 02 april 2013 - 15:00:20 - thread União Africana (93 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currency Buying Selling Euro 383
©- - 02 april 2013 - 11:04:10 - thread União Africana (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Currencies Buying Selling Euro 382
©- - 01 april 2013 - 15:37:51 - thread União Africana (124 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has reshuffled his cabinet with the appointment of two new ministers and the dropping of two others
©- - 01 april 2013 - 15:30:45 - thread União Africana (87 words)


Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya against some foreign currencies issued on Sunday by the Mauritanian Central Bank
©- - 31 march 2013 - 16:53:10 - thread União Africana (147 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Floods following heavy rains on Saturday have wrecked havoc in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius leaving at least 9 dead and 82 injured in the capital, Port-Louis
©- - 31 march 2013 - 16:39:18 - thread União Africana (124 words)


Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Indian Ocean commission (IOC) has launched a platform, ''Women, sustainable development and food security (FDDSA),'' in Mahajanga, Madagascar, official sources told PANA on Saturday at the IOC headquarters
©- - 30 march 2013 - 13:50:23 - thread União Africana (240 words)